After the rains, we go for a meditative run. What makes it meditative? The different sensory inputs: the beautiful scenery, the distance I cover, the pain of the run, slow conquest of distances I still can’t believe. Letting these wash over me and distracting myself by using some meditative techniques, I achieve a weird sense of detached focus: I know it hurts, but it’s okay because someone else is feeling it!
The Santa Ana North River trail from Fairmount Park to La Cadena after rains reminds us of the dangerous river in the distance, carrying mud to the rest of the southland, the lonely roads are a wonderful place to find yourself in this crowded city, and the occasional puddle… did I mention the air is incredibly clean out here? You could make a commercial about how clean the air is!